Category: Vegetarian
Country: Indian

Prepare Basmati rice with this one...

Serves: 6
Work Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 2 hours

• 1 lb. mungo beans (urid beans or urid dal)
• 1 ts chili powder
• 1 ts cumin
• 1 ts coriander
• 1 ts tumeric
• 1 ts salt

For sauce to go with it...

• 1 large onion
• 4 T canola, olive oil, or margarine
• 4 red chili peppers
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 chopped curry leaves
• 1/3 cup cilantro
• 1/2 ts fenugreek seeds or powder
• 1/2 ts mustard seeds
• 1/2 ts coriander seeds
• 1/2 ts cumin seeds

Instructions...

Soak mungo beans in about a quart of water for 30 mins (one portion of beans to two portions water). Use the water for cooking. Simmer over low heat until about 75% of water has evaporated. Add all the seasonings and simmer for about 20 minutes more, until the skin is soft and begins to come off. The sauce should have thickened like a paste. Remove beans and prepare to serve.

For the sauce: Brown the chopped onion in the oil, and add red chili peppers until onion has carmalized. Add the bay leaf, the curry leaves, and cilantro, as well as the rest of the spices and simmer until browned and mixed. Pour atop beans and serve with rice.